What is the test for dismissing a federal action seeking an injunction to stop a state criminal proceeding?
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The following excerpt is from Henderson v. United States, Case No. 1:16-cv-01857-DAD-EPG (E.D. Cal. 2017):
intrude upon the ordinary course of state criminal proceedings in a way that would threaten the autonomy of the state court, it must be barred from proceeding. Gilbertson v. Albright, 381 F.3d 965, 981 (9th Cir. 2004) ("When an injunction is sought and Younger applies, it makes sense to abstain, that is, to refrain from exercising jurisdiction, permanently by dismissing the federal action because the federal court is only being asked to stop the state proceeding").
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